Disgraced Miss USA Tara Conner has sobered up and admits now to being an alcoholic. Conner sounds better for her time in rehab and the fresh start it has given her.

“My life has completely changed,” she said Friday. “I’m a completely different person out of rehab. Before I entered rehab I hardly knew who I was. I felt like I was floating and I just needed someone to pull me down.”

“I didn’t think I had any kind of issue going into rehab. I even said, ‘I’ll get some free therapy,’ or something like that – and that was so ridiculous,” says Conner. “But I’ve realized I do have an issue. I suffer from the disease of alcoholism and addiction. And if there’s anything that I want people to know it’s the severity of this disease and what it can do to people.”

Tara who has also admitted some drug use checked out on Sunday from her Pennsylvania rehab center.

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